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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference PERMIT NO. 745 COLO. SPRINGS, CO Pikes Peak Writers Conference P.O. Box 6726 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Hotel Accommodations Sponsors The 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference The 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference is will return to the beautiful Wyndham sponsored by the Kennedy Center Imagination Colorado Springs. Located at 5580 Tech Celebration and the Wyndham Colorado Springs Center Drive, just west of Exit 147 on Hotel. Interstate 25, the Wyndham Colorado The Pikes Peak Writers would like to acknowledge Springs offers panoramic views of Pikes the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District as our Conference Book Store Peak and the front range — a truly inspira- founding sponsor and for their strong support and tional setting for our 10th Conference. The sponsorship for the past nine years. The Conference Book Store Sale will again offer a wide Wyndham is an enthusiastic host of our variety of books by our speakers as well as many selec- The Pikes Peak Writers appreciates the continued 2002 Conference. The Wyndham, which will tions to enhance your writing skills. Authors are wel- cooperation of the Pikes Peak Library District for sponsor the Light Buffet on Friday evening, come to bring their books to sell at the bookstore. The supporting the year-round education of regional has set attractive room rates for our 2002 deadline for inclusion is 9:00 a.m. Saturday of the writers. Conference, at $75 single or double occu- Conference. Pick up your unsold books no earlier than pancy. These rates are guaranteed for reser- 3:30 p.m. on Sunday of the Conference. vations made by March 30, 2002 (and might Special Thanks NOTE: We will accept VlSA/Mastercard on purchases still be available on a space-available basis Pikes Peak Writers would like to offer our sincerest of at least $15. We also accept checks. for calls after that date). thanks to Jim Flynn of the law firm of Flynn, The toll-free number direct McKenna, Wright & Karsh for his pro-bono support to the Wyndham Colorado Springs and sterling advice in the formation of our is (800)962-6982. organization. USEFUL TIPS ON WRITING COMMERCIAL FICTION FEBRUARY 2002 REGISTRATION FORM INSIDE 2002 Pikes Peak Writers Conference May 3-5, 2002 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO PPWC has something Presented by the for all kinds of writers . Pikes Peak Writers Mystery Suspense Romance CONFERENCE SPECIAL EVENTS Science Fiction Friday Evening: OPENING CEREMONIES Children’s 5:30 p.m. Faculty Meeting Young Adult 7:00 p.m. Light Buffet 8:15 p.m Opening Ceremonies — Laura Hayden, Charlie Rush Action Adventure KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Robert Vaughan — Recreates Ernest Hemingway Western Screenplays Saturday Luncheon: SPECIAL PRESENTATION Creative Nonfiction 12:15 p.m. Lunch PANEL with T.A. Barron, Connie Willis, Ralph Wetterhahn, Jonis Agee and moderated by Jimmie Short Stories Butler. Panel will discuss “How Every Person Can Make a Difference With Their Writing” Mainstream Saturday Evening: PPWC AWARDS DINNER Historical Fiction 6:30 p.m. Mixer 7:30 p.m. Dinner Meet Editors Recognition of winners of the Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest. Presentation of the 2nd annual Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award of Excellence &Agents! KEYNOTE SPEAKER: David Morrell “The Slings and Arrows of Being a Professional Fiction Writer” The Pikes Peak Writers Conference is a Sunday Luncheon: CLOSING CEREMONIES project of the Pikes Peak Writers. The Pikes Peak Writers are under the aus- 11:45 a.m. Lunch pices of the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs. This FEATURED SPEAKER: Sharon Sala, “Paths Less Taken” conference is underwritten by the Wyndham Hotel in Colorado Springs. 2:00 p.m. First general membership meeting of the Pikes Peak Writers. Pikes Peak Writers Conference GUEST SPEAKER: Elizabeth Lyon, “Why Organize as Writers?” P.O. Box 6726 3:00 p.m. Pikes Peak Area Screenwriters meeting Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 531-5723 web site: www.ppwc.net e-mail: [email protected] Schedule ROBERT VAUGHAN of Events Robert sold his first book when he was nineteen and has been selling regularly ever since then. He is a member of the Friday, May 3, Writers' Hall of Fame, the recipient of the Spur Award, (Best 2002 Western Novel) and the Porgie (Best Original Paperback.) His 11:00 a.m. — Conference book, The Valkyrie Mandate, received a Pulitzer nomination, Check-in Begins and his story, Andersonville, made into a mini-series for TV, 12:00-2:00; 2:30-4:30 p.m. — Optional Reading/Editor was nominated for an Emmy Award. He is a retired Army Critique Sessions Chief Warrant Officer, who served three tours in Vietnam. He Optional Reading/Established now lives on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, where he Author Critique Sessions Optional Agent Roundtable conducts a yearly writers' retreat. Sessions 5:30 p.m. — Faculty and Staff Meeting 7:00 p.m. — Light Buffet SPECIAL PRESENTERS 8:15 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies. DAVID MORRELL Recognition of Win, Place David is the author of First Blood, the award-winning novel and Show (See page 6) Keynote Speaker — Robert in which the character of “Rambo” was created. He holds a Vaughan Ph.D. in American literature from the Pennsylvania State University and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa until he gave up his tenure to write Saturday, May 4 full time. "The mild-mannered professor with the bloody- 7:30 a.m. — Full Breakfast 7:45 a.m. — Conference Tips minded visions," as one reviewer called him, Morrell has for Newcomers written numerous best-selling thrillers that include The 8:00 a.m. — Late Check-in Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a highly rated NBC 8:40 - 9:40 a.m. — Session 1 miniseries, starring Robert Mitchum), The Fifth Profession, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. — Session 2 11:00 - noon — Session 3 and Extreme Denial (set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives). His most recent books 12:15 p.m. — Lunch are a collection of award-winning suspense stories, Black Evening; the novels Burnt Sienna Luncheon Panel — T.A. and Long Lost; and an instructional book, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Barron, Ralph Wetterhahn, Connie Willis, Jonis Agee Looks at his Craft. Twenty million copies of his books are in print. His fiction has been 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. — Session 4 translated into 22 languages. 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. — Session 5 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Session 6 6:30 p.m. — Mixer (cash bar) Eagles Nest SHARON SALA 7:30 p.m. — Awards Dinner It was a job she hated that drove Sharon to put the first page 8:30 p.m. — Recognition of Winners of the Paul Gillette of paper in an old typewriter, but it was the love of the craft Memorial Writing Contest that kept her writing. Her first efforts at writing came in 1980 Keynote speaker: David when she began a book that wound up under her bed. Her Morrell second book suffered a similar fate. In 1989 she wrote Sara's Recognition of Pikes Peak Writers Conference Award Angel, and the first publisher she sent it to bought it, and she for Writing Excellence — hasn't looked back. David Morrell As a farmer's daughter and a farmer's wife, Sharon escaped the drudgeries of life through the pages of books, Sunday, May 5 and now as a writer, she finds herself living out her dreams. 8:00 a.m. — Continental One faithful reader crowned her the “Reba of Romance” while others claim she's a magi- Breakfast cian with words. Her stories are often dark, dealing with the realities of this world, and 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. — Session 7 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. — Session 8 yet she's able to weave hope and love within the words for the readers who clamor for 11:45 a.m. — Lunch her latest works. Luncheon Keynote Speaker Always an optimist in the face of bad times, many of the stories she writes come to — Sharon Sala her in dreams, but there's nothing fanciful about her work. In November of 2001, her 40th 2:00 p.m. Pikes Peak Writers Meeting book, Snowfall, written under her name was released, although she writes under the pen 3:00 p.m. name, Dinah McCall as well. Her books repeatedly make The New York Times Extended list, Pikes Peak Area USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and Waldenbooks Mass Market Fiction. Screenwriters Meeting 2 ALL PARTICIPANTS: PLEASE SEND IN THIS FORM EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID IN FULL. WE NEED AN ACCURATE COUNT OF ATTENDEES AND YOUR SELECTIONS OF WORKSHOPS, ETC. 2002 PPWC REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY Name ______________________________________________________________ Special Needs: If you have special needs, such as a disability, please contact us, Street ______________________________________________________________ and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs. City ______________________________________ State ______ ZIP ___________ What’s Covered in the Registration Fees: Phone ( ) _________________________________________________________ The registration fee covers all conference materials, the welcome party on Friday evening, all conference presentations E-mail _____________________________________________________________ and workshops, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, (We encourage e-mail addresses for all registrants, especially those seeking appointments. PPW and the awards dinner on Saturday evening. does not release or resell e-mail address lists.) Are You Published In Novel-Length Fiction? If so, and if you’d like a couple of your NOTE: Group registration discounts are given only to writing titles listed on your nametag, please list them below. groups when those members submit their registration in blocks of five or more in the same envelope.
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